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| Erin McQuarrie, recipient of the 2018 Newbery Medal |
- A Textile Design graduate, whose Degree Show collection used the Mackintosh Building as its starting point, wins prestigious award
- Award announced in ceremony that also conferred an Honorary Doctorate on MoMA Curator of Design, Juliet Kinchin.
- Honorary Doctorates also conferred on Sam Ainsley, David Harding and Alexander Moffat today
- Four graduates awarded Chairman’s Medals
- See GSA graduate work on show in London
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Image: printed textiles by Erin McQuarrie inspired by imagery of the Mackintosh Building after the fire |
Textile Design graduate, Erin McQuarrie, was awarded the Newbery Medal today, 15 June 2018. The prestigious award, named after celebrated GSA Director Francis “Fra” Newbery, is bestowed annually on the top student graduating from an undergraduate programme. For her Degree Show 25-year old McQuarrie from Glasgow created a collection of textiles which was inspired by the Mackintosh Building after the fire.
At the same ceremony an Honorary Doctorate was awarded to one of the world’s leading experts on European design at the time of Mackintosh, Juliet Kinchin. A former Glasgow School of Art tutor, Kinchin is now Curator of Design at the world famous Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. Earlier in the day three of the most influential artists and art educators of their generation, Sam Ainsley, David Harding and Alexander Moffat were also awardedHonorary Doctorates.
“In the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mackintosh his masterpiece continues to inspire our students,” says Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of Art. “Erin’s innovative Degree Show collection, which has taken the Mackintosh Building after the fire as its staring point, has pushed the boundaries of textile techniques and forms.”
“Erin’s work is a must see,” adds Head of Fashion and Textiles, Jimmy Stephen-Cran.“She painstakingly documented the restoration process of the Mackintosh Building and interpreted it beautifully as fabric.”
“The colours, textures and aura of the scorched interior have been captured using traditional craft skills and technological approaches. Everyone is looking forward to what she does next”
Talking of her designs Erin said: “I worked from imagery of the building’s interior after the fire which I gathered during site visits, and I have also been inspired by a selection of Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock prints which informed Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s design.”
Images: A model featured in Callum Ward’s Degree Show presentation; Ruudu Ulas’ Degree Show installation; some of Bruce MacDonald’s ideas ideas for creative use of waste and brooches by Ailsa Morrant
Four Chairman’s Medals were awarded to the top graduating students from the Mackintosh School of Architecture, School of Design, Innovation School and School of Fine Art. The recipients were:Stage 5 Architecture graduate, Callum Ward; Silversmithing & Jewellery graduate, Ailsa Morrant, who also won The Peter Wylie Davidson Memorial Prize for her collection which gently promotes and enables the celebration of everyday moments; Product Design graduate Bruce MacDonald whose Degree Show project looked at how small manufacturers could be supported in finding creative uses for their waste material; and Fine Art Photography graduate, Ruudu Ulas, who also won the Alice Duncan Travel Award and the award for the Best Essay in the School of Fine Art.
Over 40 also students were recognised in a range of prizes including Open Awards and prizes which are dedicated to specific Schools and programmes. For a full list of Prize winners see Notes for Editors
The public will be able to see Erin McQuarrie’s designs along with those by her fellow graduates from the Textile Design programme and graduates from the Silversmithing & Jewellery programme at New Designers in London (27 - 30 June 2018); Communication Design graduates will showcase work at ELCAF (19-21) June); work by graduates from Interaction Design will be shown at New Designers in London (4 – 7 July); and Interior Design graduates will be taking part in the Free Range showcase in London (14 – 16 July). Meanwhile, Product Design will be staging an independent showcase in London at Candid Arts Trust (21-23 June).
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Notes for Editors
Degree Show in London
19–22 June 2018
Communication Design
ELCAF
Round Chapel
1D Glenarm Rd,
London
E5 0LY
21–23 June 2018
Product Design
Candid Arts Trust
3-5 Torrens St
London
EC1V 1NQ
27–30 June 2018
Silvermithing & Jewellery and Textile Design
New Designers
Business Design Centre
52 Upper Street
London
N1 0QH
4–7 July 2018
Interaction Design
New Designers
Business Design Centre
52 Upper Street
London
N1 0QH
13-16 July
25–30 June 2018
Interior Design
Free Range
Old Truman Brewery
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Newbery Medal
Erin McQuarrie, Textile Design
Chairman’s Medals
Callum Ward, Stage 5 Architecture
Bruce MacDonald, Product Design
Ailsa Morrant, Silversmithing & Jewellery
Ruudu Ulas, Fine Art Photography
OPEN AWARDS
W.O. Hutcheson Prize - for the purchase of a drawing by a final year student
Jonathan Kirkwood, Fine Art Photography
James Dalley, Stage 5 Architecture
Landscape Drawing Prize - for a sketch done in the open
Jointly awarded to: Beth Cowey Painting and Printmaking, Kaitlin Mechan, Communication Design and
Eva Lindsay – Stage ? Architecture
GSA Prize for Sustainability
Morag Seaton – Fashion Design
Bram Stoker Award for creativity
James Dalley, Stage 5 Architecture
Dissertation Prize - For the best dissertations or essay by Schools of Fine Art and Design, and Innovation School
Design School jointly awarded to: Crystal Souter,Communication Design and Radhihah Anis, Communication Design, Singapore
Davinder Pagarani, Sculpture and Environmental Art
Innovation School jointly awarded to Alex Davies, Product Design and Oscar Canner McKay, Product Design
Essay Prize - for the best essay by Schools of Fine Art and Design
Morag Seton, Fashion Design
Ruudu Ulas, Fine Art Photography
MACKINTOSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Joe Park Award - for best part-time student (Part 1 and Part 2)
Stage 3: Craig Stevens
Stage 5: Lee Fotheringham
Bourdon Prize for meritorious work
Anna Sigmundsdottir
MSA Stage 4 BArch(Hons) Portfolio Prize - for the best portfolio in Stage 4 BArch(Hons)
Eugenio Cappucio
MSA Stage 4 Diploma Portfolio Prize - for the best portfolio in Stage 4 Diploma
Jacob Benjamin
MSA Research Project Prize - for best research project submitted for the Diploma in Architecture
Liam Price
The Lynn Scobie Memorial Prize for Architecture - awarded to a third year student of Architecture who has, in the opinion of the stage leader and tutors, made an outstanding contribution to the ethos and spirit of the student community through their own work, activities or initiatives
Yi Ren Wong
SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Richard H Arroll Memorial Prize for Silversmithing and Jewellery
Lyndsay Hamilton Fairley
Carole Harper Memorial Prize - for 3rd Year Silversmithing and Jewellery student
Emma Morris
Incorporation of Hammermen for Silversmithing and Jewellery
Jointly awarded to: Caitlin Hegney and Astrid Jaroslawsky
The Peter Wylie Davidson Memorial Prize - for the purchase of work from a final year Silversmithing and Jewellery student
Ailsa Morrant
Incorporation of Bonnetmakers - for the top student in Fashion or Textiles
(presented at Incorporation of Bonnetmakers annual dinner in October)
Jointly awarded to: Erin McQuarrie – Textile Design and Morag Seaton – Fashion Design
Incorporation of Weavers - Innovation prize for weave
Jointly awarded to Paula Vogels – Textile Design and Lucy McDonald –Textile Design
Incorporation of Tailors - to the best student displaying tailoring skills or an interest in tailoring
(presented at the Incorporation of Tailors annual dinner in November)
Jointly awarded to: Jacob Pulley - Fashion Design and Clancy Dawson – Fashion Design
Bill Naysmith Innovation Award - For most innovative student in furnishing textiles
Jointly awarded to: Eve Campbell – Textile Design and Kevin Cleary – Textile Design
Incorporation of Skinners & Glovers Prize - for leatherwork
Jointly awarded to: Jacob Pulley – Fashion Design and Rebecca Armstrong –Fashion Design
James Brough Memorial Prize for Interior Design
Nikita Harrison
Stakis Prize for Interior Design
Nicky Young
Tom Campbell Memorial Prize - to a 4th year Communication Design student for book design
Olga Kominek
The Avril V Gibb Memorial Prize
For the purchase of work from a final year undergraduate Communication Design student
Indre Simkute
The Kerry Aylin Prize for Distinction in Print - awarded to a final year Communication Design student producing innovative work that incorporates elements of print
Samuel Coleman
Critical Reflection Journal Prize - for the best journal in Masters in Communication Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Photography
tbc
Autodesk Award - Internship and all expenses paid trip to the Autodesk EU Headquarters
Bryony Ayre
Hammermen Award - For best 3rd year student progressing to MEng
Emily Kathryn Farrell Breen
INNOVATION SCHOOL
Richard Murphy Memorial Prize - for the most promising 3rdyear student in Product Design
Monica Cantor
Neil Morris Prize - for furniture
Chantal Roth
Innovation Design Prize - for the student deemed to have design to explore opportunities for innovation
Jonathan Hamilton
SCHOOL OF FINE ART
Steven Campbell Hunt Medal for a final year Fine Art student – for work of the most poetic creativity.
(Selected by Carol Campbell)
Nancy Dewhurst, Sculpture and Environmental Art
The James Nicol McBroom Memorial Prize for Fine Art– for purchase prize for a student of Painting & Printmaking. The purchased piece will become part of the GSA Archives & Collections.
Angus Fernie
Emmy Sachs Prize - for a drawing and painting student
Laura Roxby
Armour Prize for Still life
Yeadam Kim
Armour Travel Prize - for a student to undertake overseas travel
Hannah Nugent
Glasgow Print Studio - 1 year membership
Rosa Quadrelli
Euan Stewart Memorial Prize - for a Printmaking student
Yi Yang Lui
Jon McFarland Prize for Printmaking - for a student working in printmaking
Hazel Brown
Benno Schotz Prize for sculpture
Megan Trueman
The David Harding Public Art Project Prize– for a public art project by an Environmental Art student
Natalie Morgan-Klein
The Alice Duncan Prize - travel award for final year Fine Art Photography student
Ruudu Ulas